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Definition of reprove verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

reprove

 verb
verb
NAmE//rɪˈpruv//
 
reprove somebody (for something/for doing something) reprove (somebody) + speech (formal)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they reprove
 
he / she / it reproves
 
past simple reproved
 
-ing form reproving
 
 
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to tell someone that you do not approve of something that they have done synonym rebuke He reproved her for rushing away.
reproving
 
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adjective [usually before noun] a reproving glance His tone was mildly reproving.
reprovingly
 
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adverb “You're late,” she said reprovingly.See reprove in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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